Allow warp to control itself

[mtwomey]

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Describe the solution you'd like?

This request is for either an API for Warp itself or cli-tools to interact with the Warp terminal itself. Introducing this functionality would allow Warp to configure and control itself (using said API or cli-tool). For example I could ask Warp to download, install, and enable a specific MCP server (so that I don't have to take the last few steps myself).

I could also ask Warp to open a new terminal window separately and cwd to a specific location there. There are a lot of possibilities here - but I'm many interested in the ability to add, remove, start, and stop MCP servers. I have an MCP of my own that I would like to allow warp to interact with - including the ability to start, stop, "restart", and update that MCP.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

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Additional context

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Operating system (OS)

macOS

How important is this feature to you?

4

Warp Internal (ignore) - linear-label:39cc6478-1249-4ee7-950b-c428edfeecd1

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[mtwomey]

Since I'm spending a lot of time writing MCP servers these days, my workflow is slowed down by having to manually navigate with the mouse in the Warp UI every time I want to restart one of them to test changes or updates. Upon further reflection - it seems like a perfect fit for a terminal that has now become "agentic" to be able to control itself more fully.

[Legoless]

I think this needs a higher priority, its something that cmux does brilliantly.